After narrowly failing to make the 1928 Olympic team, Albert Schwartz won a bronze medal four years later. While attending Northwestern, he became the first swimmer to score a triple victory at the NCAA championships when he took three freestyle titles at the 1930 indoor meet. Playing for the Illinois AC, Schwartz was on six winning teams at the AAU water polo championships. After graduating from Northwestern, Schwartz attended law school at the University of Chicago and later practiced law in California.